Siphon.



Patentadjuly 3l, |900. C. M. BRADY.

S P H 0 N (Application led Apr. 2B, 1900.)

(no Modal.)

akamai Tn: mms nine w. mowumo.. wAsuxNcm. n. n.

PATENT 'risica otros Menorca smoren BRUNSWICK, esonera.

slPl-ioN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters resent No. 654,597, crateri July31, reco.

Application inea April 248.19010.:V

To all w/"tom t may concern:

Beit known that LCLYDE MORDICA BRADY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brunswick, in the county of Glynn and State of Georgia, haveinvented new and usefullrnprovements in Siphons, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in siphons, and pertains to asiphon adapted to be attached to a barrel, cask, or other vessel fordrawing the liquid thereform and adapted to be hermetically sealed forthe purpose of preventing the evaporation of the liquid within thevessel, all of which will be fully described hereinafter andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a vertical sectional View of asiphcn embodying my invention, showing it applied to a b arrel, cask, orother vessel. Fig.2 isa horizontal sectional view of the top or faucetwhich performs the double function of a pump connection and an air-ventwhen the faucet is in operation. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the bungthrough which the siphon passes.

Referringnow to the drawings, A indicates a barrel, cask, or otherVessel to which the siphon is to be applied, the said cask or tankhavinga bung-opening B, here shown as provided with screw-threads.

C is my improved siphon-bung, which hasl the lower screw-threadedportion adapted to iit in the screw-threaded opening B of the cask orbarrel andwith a central longitudinal openinghaving an enlarged upperinternallyscrew-threaded end E. This bung C isprovided with one or morehandles F, by means of which it is screwed into the barrel-opening B forthe purpose of attachingit or unscrewed therefrom for the purpose ofdetaching it.

The siphon proper consists of an essentially U-shaped pipe I, having thestraight portions c and b, the portion c adapted to pass through andlongitudinally move through the opening D of the bung C for the purposeof adjusting it to tanks or casks of different sizes and also for thepurpose of enabling the U-shaped pipe to have a swiveling action foradjusting it over any receptacle to receive the liquid from the exit end't' thereof. For the purpose of making an air-tight connection betweenthe stem of the pipe l and the Serial Ila-14,738. (No model.)

bung C the upper enlarged screwjthreaded portion E serves as apacking-box and which receives a gland or nut G for the purpose ofcompressing a suitable packing c against the said pipe and making atight joint.4

The bung O is provided with anjair inlet and outlet opening D', which isessentially l shaped, as here shown, the horizontal upper end M beinginternally screw-threaded for the purposebf receiving a cock or valve N.This cock or Valve N is a three-way valve and is constructed with twoopenings d and c, the opening d being an air-vent, as will hereinafterappear, and the opening e being a pipe connection. The valve is soconstructed that either of the said openings can be thrown intocommunication with the interior of the tank or both of them cut oit, theobjeetof which will be described hereinafter. The vertical portion L ofthe opening through the bung is made in the form shown in dotted lines,Fig. ,3, and communicates at its lower end wi th the interior of thebarrel or cask and atlits Lipper horizontal end with the cock or valveN.

The stem b of the Siphon-pipe has its lower end extending below thebottom ofthe cask, and hence below the lower end of theustem rt of thesaid pipe, and is provided with a suitable controlling-valve Q for thepurpose of opening and closing the outlet endiof the said pipe in theoperation of the Siphon.

Connected with the pump-valve connection e' is a flexible pumpconnection S, with which any desired form of air-pump (preferably of thewell-known bicycle-pump) may be connected. The lower `end of the stemtot the Siphon-pipe l is beveled oft, as shown at f, for the purpose ofenabling the lower end of the pipe to be carried in contact with thelower end of the barrel'or cask'without closing the same. l

The operation of my improved Siphon is as follows: The valve N is turnedso that com munication is established through the vpump connection andthe opening L in the bung to the interior of the cask. Air is forcedwithin the cask until the proper compression isob tained, when the valveis turnedso aste close both the pump-connectionfopeninge and `theair-vent d. The'compression necessary to start the siphon is that amountwhich will be required to force the liquid within the Ioo Cask upthrough the pipe I and out the lower end, when the valve Q will beclosed. The

Siphon is now ready to operate Without any further use of the pump. Whenit is desired to operate the Siphon, the exit-valve Q of the Siphon-pipeis opened and the valve turned to open the air-inlet d. Then the liquidwill ow through the Siphon into the receptacle placed th erefor,and itcan be instantlystopped by the closing of the valve Q. When the valve Qis closed, the air-vent N is also closed, and When the Siphon is not inoperation it Will be Seen that the hermetically-sealed cask or barrelfor the reception of volatile liquids of al1 kinds is provided and WhichWill prevent the evaporation thereof.

From this construction it will be Seen that the siphon-pipe I can bereadily adjusted vertically by a slight loosening of the packinggland Gto Suit barre-ls of different Sizes and that the pipe I being acontinuous rigid pipe I-Iaving thus described my invention, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A Siphon adapted to be hermetieally attached to a Cask or vesselcomprising a bung having a Siphon-pipe opening, a Siphon-pipe passingthrough the said opening into the barrel and having its outer endbelowits inner end and provided With a Valve, the said bung having anopening With its inner end in communication with the barrel independentof the said Siphon-pipe, the outer end of the said opening having anindependent air-outlet and pump-connection inletin communicationtherewith, and a valve adapted to independently control the saidpassages by throwing either of them in communication with the interiorof the cask or closing both of them against communication therewith,substantially as described.

In testimony Whereoit` I have hereunto set my hand in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

CLYDEMORDICA BRADY.

VVitnesSes:

ALBERT O. ANDERSON, GUsTAvUs KING.

